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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
LINCOLNTON'S MURDER.
Full Details of the Tragedy from an
Eye Witness.

Full DETAILS OF lJnS IFdB9uy lrOh an
Eye Witness.
From the Washington (Gd.) Chronicle
The neighboring little city of Lincolnton
was startled Thursday evening at o'clock
by the sharp report of a pistol coming from
the direction of the postoffice. twas found
that J. H. B, Mathews commonly known as
Boots Matthew'S had shot and killed Mr.
D. c. SneIson, a highly respected citizen Of
that place. p - et'-
ORIGIN AND DETAILS OF THE DIFFICULTY.
II seems that Boots Mathews had been
ginning for Snelson, and while there bor-
rowed some plank from him. On Thursday
Mathews finished ginning and removed his
machinery. That evening the two men
met in Lincotntor, when Snelson said to
him: ..------ -.
Mathews did You return that plank you
borrowed from rnem --.,.
Mathews replied. mo-
Sneson then said: "You are going to re-
turn them, aiu't you.'
Mathews said mo-
''Well. then, said Snelson, 'you are
guilty of rascally trick"
Whereupoh Mathews pulled out a
3S-cahbre Smith q Wesson pistol and shot
him Just below the left temple Snelson
fell to the floor mortally wounded and lived
only few minutes There were present at
the shooting Messr-s P. j. Holiday, J. j.
Murray, $. l.. Wilkes and George W. Part
ridge. The first idea that occurred to those
present was torender all assistance possible
to the wounded man. Mr.. Wilkes ran for a
doctor, while the others did all they could
for Mr. Sneson. During the excitement
Mathews escaped and left for parts UNI
known.
THE CITIZENS OF LINCoLNToN
are very much outraged and are securing
the country high and low for Mathews. In
addition they have offered 800 reward,
which reward Will doubtless be supple
mented by Go. Gordon.
Clerk T. S. Hollingshead andS. l.. Wilkes
came to Washington Thursday night, and
telegraphed to 4heEvarious cities so as to
hem Mathews in.
Mathews Is IA dnsInan of some of the
Wilkes county Mathews family, and a
nephew of w n. Mercier the cotton factor,
of Augusta. The Coroner's jury returned a
verdict of murder at the hands of j. II. B.
Mathews. art t9
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
The citizens of Lincolnton offer reward
of 500 for the arrest and delivery of J. FL.
B. Mathews The folio, ing is an accurate
description an possibleto give now:
Mathews isabout six feet high, has dark
hair and dark Complexion, weighs about 100
pounds, crossaeyed, and is 26 or % years old.
He has a slight limp in walking.
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PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE.

Tampa, Key West, Havana.
SEMI-wEEKLY.
SOUTH-BOUND.
Nv Tampa Monday and Thursday $50 p. m.
Ar Key West Tuesday and Friday p. IN.
Ar Havana Wednesday and Saturday a. m.
NORTH-BOUNDt
Nv Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon.
Lv Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 p. m.
Ar Tampa Thursday and Sunday p. m.
Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast
Train TO and from Northern and Eastern cities.
For stateroom accommodations apply to City
Ticket Office s., +. & W. Ry Jacksonville or
Agent Plant Steamship Line, Tampa.
G. u. OWENS, Traffic Manager.
II. S. HAINES, General Manager.
MAY l. 1887
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Compagnie Generate TransatIantlque
---French Line to Hawe.

DETWEEN New York and Havre, from pier
ID No AZ, n. r., foot of Morton street Trav-
elers by this line avoid both transit by English
railway and the discomfort of crossing the
Channel in a small boat. Special train leaving
the Company's dock at Havre direct for Paris
on arrival of steamers. Baggage checked at
New York through TO Paris.
LA BRETAGNE, DEJoUsELIN, SATURDAY,
November 3, s A. NJ.
LA NORMANDIE, DE KERsABIEc, SATUR-
DAY. November II, , P.M
LA BOURGOGNE, FRANGEUL, SATURDAY,
November 49, 3 A. 81.
PRICE OF PASSAGE (including winel:
TO HAVRE-First Cabin Winter rate 800 and
$50; Second Cabin, $50; Storage from New York
TO Havre, SIS; Steerage from New Y rk to Paris,
SOS 80: including wine, bedding and utensils
LOUIS DE BEBIAN, Agent, 3 Bowling Green,
foot of Broadway, New York.
Or J. G. SHAW, ESQ, 20 Bull street, MEssRs
WILDER & CO, 1876 Bay street, Savannah
Agents.
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Sherman Sims aud several companions
went hunting near Rutledge one day last
week. When night came on Sherman dld
not return with the balance OF the party,
hnt little was thought of II until next morn
ing. when Sherman was found dead in the
woods with his head blown open. and the
ground despatched with brains 10 was
horrible siGht-the fatal gun lay beside his
lifeless form in a manner that left doubt a
TO accident or suicide When questioned
about the matter his companions declared
they knew nothing sure IN the case, for
Sherman Sims got separated from them.
and they saw no more Of him, nor heard
any report from his gun, they supposing he
had gone home, and were shocked to learn
of his terrible fate.
While making its regular trip out to
Rocky Ford on Thursday morning the Syl-
vania train had narrow and marvellous
escape from being wrecked. Three cars OF
lumber, freight box and the passenger
coach we're attached 10 the engine, aud at
the foot of Deason hill, while making about
twenty miles ar hour, the engine and the
four front cars ran over an iron tie lying m
its place, but without a single spike 10 hold
it in position. When the coach reached the
SPOT the tie was out of position, but the car
ran along on the crOssties until the next bar
was reached, which it mounted and went
on without any accident. Conductor Wells
felt the humping and knew that something
was wrong and on the return trip the tie
which was lying almost crosswise the track
was spiked back in position.
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=, Train No; lot leaves Guyton $40 D. m. arrive.
Sleeping cars on all night trains ba,,vsou q.
vannah, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta also Ma.
Train No. 8, leaving Savannah at s:an r. m
point to put of passengers between Savannah
and Millen S"'@lilaH
Train No will stop on signal at stations ha.
gers for Savannah P"''7"-
Connections at Savannah with Savannah
Florida and Western Railway for all nointS Il,
Florida. PN'ii'S ~
Tickets for all points and sleeping car barth,
on sale at City Office, No. 20 Bull street and
Depot Office 30 minutes before departure Of
each train. -
j. G: SHAW. L. T. CHARLTON.
Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass Agent
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Phillins, Diregtible cocoa

Produces feeling of lightness and buoyancy
as against that of weight headache and depres-
sion, so common with the ordinary cocoas. Your
druggist and grocer have it,
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SUBURBAN RAILWAYS.
Coast Line Railroad.

Suburban Schedule.
CATHEDRAL CEMETERY, BONAVENTURE
AND THUNDERROLT.
The following schedule will be observed on and
after MONDAY. Oct. 8. 1887 week days.
(See special schedule for Sunday
Leave Savannah city time), 7;10, 1875, A. NJ,
300, 400, *6:35 p NJ.
Leave Thunderbolt. $50, 500 A. NJ, 1870, 400,
1910 P. VI.
Leave Bonaventure, 600 $40 A. NJ, 1880, 410,
$50 p N.
saturday night last car leaves city RS, in
stead of 6:35 +Last car leaves ThunderbolU $40,
instead of $40, as formerly.
Take Broughton street cars % minutes before
departure of Suburban trains
R.E COBB. Stipt
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souTH CAROLINA.

Darlington county is out of debt and has
81 900 in her treasury.
Washington architect is drawing the
plans for new depot at Lancaster.
The Methodist church at Greenwood is to
be greatly improved enthusiastically.
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-. Train No o. leaves Savannah 200 p m: ar
rives Guyton 2:55 p. M. -"' ar
Passengers for Sylvania, Wrightsvilla un
ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7iOa. m
train III
Passengers for Thomaston, Carrollton. Perrv
Fort Gaines Talbotton, Buena Vista pieJltIy,
and Clayton should take the $40 p. m train
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RAILROADS.
s G H E D u l. E
CENTRAL RAILROAD.

SAVANNAH GA, Oct Is, 1897
nN and after this date Passenger Trains win
~ run daily unless marked 7, which are daily
except Sunday. ''
The standard time, by which these trains min
is 90 minutes slower than Savannah CITY time
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KIESLING'S NURSERY,
White Bluff Road.

DLANTS, BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUT
L FLOWERS furnished to order. Leave or
ders at DAVIS BKOS.', corner Bull and SolS
stree.s 1elt chonc call 30
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Train leaving Savannah 1:35 p M arriving at
Chattanooga 1:35 m, makes close connection
with n. {. & S. L. for Sewanee, Monteagle,
Nashville st. Louis and Chicago.
Train leaving Savannah at 7:06 a m, Macon at
2:25 m and Atlanta at 600 p m is fast train for
the East, and goes directly via Cleveland. car
rying through sleeper TO Cleveland. making
close connection at Cleveland with train leaving
Chattanooga at 1000 M.
Pullman sleepers leave as follows: Savannah at
35 pm for Macon and Atlanta, Brunswick at
$40 a IN for Cleveland. Rome at 4:10 p m for
Washington via Lynchburg Chattanooga at 1000
p m for Washington via Lynchburg; also one tor
a m for Washington via Lynchburg; Chatta-
nooga at 7:10 m for Little Rock; Brunswick at
$50 p m for Atlanta; Jacksonville at p. m. for
Cincinnati.
B. w. WRENN, G. P. & T. A,
Knoxville, Tenn.
L. ]. ELLIS, A. G. P. A., Atlanta
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Charleston 4 Savannah Railway Co.

CONNECTIONS made at Savannah with Sa'
~ vannah, Florida and Western Railway.
Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand
ard time Goth meridian), which is 80 minutes
slower than city time.
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%Day between Savannah and Charleston
tSundays only.
Train No 7S makes no connection with Port
Royal and Augusta Railway, and stops only az az
Ridgeand Green Pond and Ravenel. Train :
stops only at Yemassee and Green Pond, ana
connects for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, arg
for Allendale daily, except Sunday. Trains %
and &c connect from and for Beaufort and Pore
Royal daily. "a
For tickets, sleeping car reservations an and gu
other information apply to WIN. BkEN
Special Ticket Agent, ~ Bull street, and AZ
Charleston and Savannah railway ticket oftice,
at Savannah, Florida AMI Western Railway
depot. G. S. GADSDEN, Supt
JUNE 6, 1887.
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EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS

4:O4 m Ar. =. .Chattahoochee .Lv 1880 a m
Pullman buffet cars TO and from Jacksonville
and New York, TO and from Waycross and New
Orleans via Pensacola
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| AMY ERS, doctors, ministers, merchants
j 4 mechanics and others having books maga.
zines. and other printed work to be bound or re
bound can have such work done in the best style
OF the binders art at the MORNING NEWS
BINDERY, 8 Whitaker street
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Savannah, Florida &WeStern Railway,

IAN trains on this road are run by Contra,
Standard Timel
TIME CARD IN EFFECT JUNE H. 1887
Passenger trains on this road will run daily
as follows: N'V
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ALBANY EXPRESS.

Pullman buffet cars to and from Jacksonvill
and St. Louis via Townsville, Albany, Nom
gomery and Nashville
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C-TRY THE " INDEPENDENT -
only 50 PER YEAR {
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Professional Cards.

nR. b. N. ny ERS,
No West Martin Street near the Lutb
Gran Church,
Apr. 74lyd,
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Coal andy cod.
COAL AND WOOD OFFICE
ANE
Flour and Feed Store
No. 68 Quesa St., Staley's Block.
No. 60 Quefu st., Staley's Block.

l. citizens of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county that he has opened Coal and Wood
Office and Flour aud Feed Store al SO Queen
Street, where, all orders in my line will re-
ceive prompt attention. | have put in pair
of Fairbanks new scales and all coal sold by
me will be weighed and full weight guar
anteed. Piedmont and Cumberland run OF
mine, Fine and Lump Coal; also best quail.
ty Nut and Egg anthracite coal always on
hand.
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to sell
are solicited to see me before selling. Thank
ing the public for, the liberal patronage ex-
tended.me, and soliciting your further favors,
am respectfully yours,
jy24-ly. j. w. ROBERTS.
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On Through Tickets

To the West and Southwest, always to be
had, via,
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INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1887.
Readable Paragraphs.

A Michigan train ran over fox
and killed it the other day.
1t takes l4,SO0,OO0 gallons OF oil
year to keep the railways of Great
Britain going, and the cost is nearly
100000.
There is a furniture dealer at GA
dillac, Mich, who uses double halt
column to advertise cut-rates on cof-
fins.
A man in Thomaston, Ca, is said
TO have caught SGT chimney swal-
lows in one night by puttinga board
over the chimney where they came
to roost.
Coffee was first used in Arabia
about 1920, and was introduced at
Cairo in 1860, at Constantinople in
1854, at Venice in 1915, at Paris in
1914, and in London in 1859.
Dare to tell the truth; do right AZ
all times stand by your friends
birthstone your enemies (; is the mot
to printed in big letter, right under
the headline Of the Kansas City
Evening Penny Post.
A 4.year-old little girl, trembling
with fear in recent terrific thunder
storm, suddenly exclaimed "Mam-
ma, every time it lightens does the
sky open and show little bit of the
golden street,"
There is cotton plant at Mar
coossee, Fla, which is over five feet
across the branches and has from
$50 to 400 blooms, buds and bolls.
It contains cotton in all its stages,
from the swelling bud to She mature
article itself.
The original Bartlett pear trees,
named after Enoch Bartlett. still
stand on his grounds, near Boston,
and are over fifty years old. Tween
ty years ago new top was grated
upon these old trees and they still
bear fine fruit.
Says the st. Cloud (Minn) 3, Press
Ne,us "Mr. John Buckham's little
son broke his leg again on Friday. He
was walking with his father and slip
ped and tell. This is the eleventh
time the child has broken the bones
of its arms or legs"
A sign in front of a store in the
city of Bari, on the Adriatic Sea, in
Italy, recommends to the public the
following goods and services to be
had from the proprietor: "Leeches,
bread sold in slices or loaves, and
tuition in mathematics"
Glass-b blowers cheeks become thin
and lose their elasticity by continu-
ed blowing. They hang down like
inverted pockets, and grow useless.
It is matter of record, it Is said,
that both here and in Europe glass
workers have blown holes through
their cheeks.
Some quick witted genius, sizing
up the crying want of Los Angeles,
has shipped from Chicago q consign.
ment Of ready-made houses. They
are joined, framed and painted, and
all they require is some carpenter to
set them up, when they are ready
for occupancy.
1t takes nearly 100000, 900 foreign
eggs month to keep the English
in cakes and buildings. The matter
of the protection of the English hen
from the competition of the pauper
fowls of France has been thought so
serious that ever Gladstone hos paid
some attention to it.
Last Spring Miss Lottie Temple,
of Heath, Mass, young woman
just past 81, leased a large farm
which she worked successfully, max
ing good crops. The other night a
party of her friends gave her a sur
prise husking bee, aud all her large
crop was well huskcd in ., little over
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Organs.

Has attained . standard of excellence which
admits Of no superior.
IL contains every improvement that inventive
genius, skill and money can produce.
, 1887-05-12
Hitohed.

Yesterday afternoon quite an In
teresting event took place In the par
lors of the Arlington Hotel, an
event especially interesting to w.
L. McKelvey and Miss Annie Kill
feather, as it was the occasion of their
uniting their lives and fortunes by
the bonds Of matrimony. The wedd-
ing was q very quiet affair. Rev.
r. G. Watson Otficiated and the only
others present were Mr.. III. w.
Greenberg, of the REVIEW, and Mr..
A. G. Edwards. The groom In this
matrimonial alliance Is the bright
young editor OF the Wardner News
and the bride young lady who has
been q resident OF Wardner for some
months, and who is admired by all
who know her. Mr.. and Mrs. Nickel.
vey have the best wishes OF host
of friends in this happy event OF
their new existence. The REVIEW
takes occasion to perpetrate the Old
time wish that the joys OF the couple
may be great ones and their trials
little ones.
, 1887-05-12

the mountain side. The officer
fastened to the scene and found the
property, animals and owner in the
predicament as reported. The man
was uninj jured, strange to say. The
stuff was collected together and the
fellow brought to town. It seems
that he got drunk and started home,
not being In condition to care
what might turn up, and the acci-
dent naturally followed. Had a
sober man passed through the same
experience, there would not have
The customary good luck that nc
companies a man when drunk APP
pears to have exerted itself Ia this
instance, and when he gets sober,
the tiller of tho soil will be awed
with surprise upon learning what
close call he had.
, 1887-05-12

In the western part OF the city
many property owners are setting
out shade trees along the streets,
that promise not only to beautify
the thoroughfares thus embeilished,
but to add value to real estate.
These people have been greatly an
noyed and have suffered considerable
loss by having these trees mutiiated
and destroyed by nOmadic cows that
are permitted to infest the streets.
Trees that are not protected by sub
staatial boxing fully six feet high
are certain to be eaten of. The clti-
zens cry out In their distress to the
city council for some protection
against this nuisance, and their
prayer should be heard.
Booge & Reed are now cozily fit-
ted up In q series OF offices, with both
Howard and Sprague street en-
terance. Convenience and comfort
are the base of the entire interior
arrangements. The entrance to
Judge BoOge's court room is now on
Sprague street, where Ii Is made
more convenient and not so public.
The room Is large and has q seating
capacity sufficient to accommodate
the crowd that IL attracted by petty
cases. The business office OF the firm
Is on Howard street where the old
court room was formally. Besides
these two main rooms there are two
private apartments. The new firm
finds sufficient to do TO keep both
members busy. They are genial
gentlemen to transact business with
and the REVIEW trusts that their
profits may make both members rich.
, 1887-05-12
Ex-EMPRESS EUGENE.
The Lonely Life OF This Once Foremost
Woman.


Woman.
Especial Correspondence
New YoRx, April 20.
No figure OF contemporary life Is more in
teresting than Eugenie, ex-empres Of the
French. Dethroned, widowed and childless,
the loneliness and pathos of her old ago con.
trast sadly with the splendor OF her early
years ON the throne. ..., .-.......
Il has always been the fashion TO speak OF
her as beautiful. Even now, when she has
frequent need OF tho assistance Of o stout
walking stick, and Is gray, faded and feeble,
newspaper correspondents are fond Of telling
Of her "rosy complexion. admirably pre-
served, which renders her ago q mystery.
The truth Is the roxinoss II and always
was gift Of art and not nature.
Beauty this charming Lady never
had. Her handsome neck, sloping should
ers, admirably poised head and Interesting
profile, together with her gracious man.
neys, gave the OBJECT OF beauty, when she was,
in fact, only pretty. From her Irish snces-
tors---her mothers father, Mr. Fitzpatrick,
was more Irish than Scotch--she doubtless
inherited that vivacity ami self confidence
which made her always charming
In Naples only few weeks ago she was an
object Of great interest when her carriage
passed through the street. Her life lies In the
past Everything she priced, save money, Il
a bygone. The imperial apotheosis, the re-
joicing over the birth Of son, the glories OF
the Tuilleries, the feasts, the Villa Eugenie-
all have vanished and she Is left alone, look
ing back over joys that cannot come again.
, 1887-05-12

Harry Mccartney, who Is just in
from COlville, states that work is
progressing on the new smelter and
that the company purchased the
first ore just before he left The
purchase consisted of two wagon
loads, for which the owners received
5000 in hard coin. Strange as il may
appear, the first ore delivered came
from the last mine recorded, which
is owned by two farmers and car.
penter. The ore was Knocked off
from groupings, and brought $50
per ton, which is most excellent
showing. This new claim was
simply found sticking out OF the
ground by men who knew no more
about mining than the editor of an
agricultural paper. Mr.. Mccartney
states that feeling of confidence
exists among the people 0f Stevens
county, awakened by the prospects
of Il smelter, and that the work of
developing the claims will bepushed
vigorously ahead this summer. The
opening of this district means a
number of new millionaires for
eastern Washington.
, 1887-05-12

Some time yesterday morning
friends Of the several occupants OF
the Jail passed a file and heavy
iron window weight through the
window to the parties on the inside.
With the file the bent ends OF the
staple holding the lock In place were
cut off, and then the staple was
forced off by prying on the door
with tho iron bar. -Four prisoners
escaped, but one Of them was re-
captured after a long chase. There
is no possible way OF making the old
pen safe, and the sooner it Is aban-
doned the better.
, 1887-05-12

Mr.. T.. ID. Wilson sends in the fol-
lowing, which will be painful news
to the friends of the young man who
met with such a terrible fate:
Confirmation has reached me
that young Galbreth, who is we'll
known here, perished by starvation
and exposure at an Indian village on
Chilcot river, about $50 miles from
Juno, Douglas island. Only four
teen men out of forty reached Juno
after penetrating the wonderland of
Douglas island. My informant is
John O'Brien, miner of Alaska.
Young Gaibreth has relatives here
who may not he aware Of his sad
death